Ruler · 1090 – 1116

Shir-Zad of Ghazna

Lived 1090 – 1116. Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire (Ghaznavid Empire), 1115 – 1116.

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Lived: 1090 – 1116; 26 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Ghaznavid Empire
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire

Ghaznavid Empire · the 13th of 16 dated reigns · 997 – 1186

9 before

Ibrahim of Ghazna1059 – 1099

Mas'ud III of Ghazni1099 – 1115

Arslan-Shah of Ghazna1114 – 1117

Shir-Zad of Ghazna1115 – 1116

Bahram-Shah of Ghazna1117 – 1152

Khusrau Shah of Ghazna1152 – 1160

Khusrau Malik1160 – 1186

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1115 – 1116 · 1 year · came to it aged 25

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

He ruled for one year, until he was overthrown by his brother Arslan-Shah in February 1116.

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